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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190511
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SUMMARY:Prairie Communities in the Springtime
DESCRIPTION:Where: Lost Valley Prairie SNA (Washington County) & Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA (Wabasha County)\nWhen:   Saturday May 11th\, 2019         \nLeaders:  TBD \nJoin members of the Friends of Minnesota Scientific & Natural Areas and others on an all-day outing to Lost Valley Prairie SNA and Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA to explore these prairie communities in the springtime. Folks will get to learn from site stewards and retired SNA staff about the history of each SNA as well as get to explore the natural resources found at each one. If time permits the group will be stopping at Bald Eagle Bluff SNA on the way back to the Twin Cities. Also\, the group may be renting a van to carpool everyone on the trip so a fee will be associated with this trip but that amount has not been finalized. \nLocated on one of the northern most limestone outcrop prairie areas\,  Lost Valley Scientific and Natural Area contains prairie knobs unchanged for thousands of years as well as former agricultural fields being restored  back  to their native state. Indian Grass and Big Blue Stem grass grow to 6 feet high. Native forbs include many of the species associated with a tall grass prairie biome. Established in 1991\, Lost Valley SNA was a mix of original native prairie and agricultural fields. \nAt Kellogg Weaver Dunes\, participants will get to take in sweeping views across a terrace above the Mississippi with the state’s greatest expanse of dry barrens prairie and savanna. Geologic studies conducted in the vicinity suggest that this complex of dunes may have originated during one of two major dune-forming periods in this part of the Mississippi Valley\, most likely between 18\,000 and 14\,000 years ago\, when sediments deposited by glacial meltwater became “remobilized” by wind. \nField trips are open to MNNPS members only and pre-registration is required. Send an email to Ken Arndt at ken.arndt@mnrinc.us to register.
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/prairie-communities-in-the-springtime/
LOCATION:Lost Valley SNA\, 10540 Nyberg Ave S\, Hastings\, MN\, 55033\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field trips
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SUMMARY:Spring Butterfly Trek
DESCRIPTION:Where: Crex Meadows to the Namekagon Barrens\nWhen: Saturday\, May 18\, 2019 (9:00 AM to 4:00PM)\nLeader: Dean Hansen\, local Butterfly Enthusiast \nFor the past eleven years\, Stillwater butterfly enthusiast Dean Hansen has led a day-long trip to look for spring butterflies in the jack pine/oak barrens in northwest Wisconsin’s Burnett County. \nThe trip will start at the Visitors’ Center at the Crex Meadows Wildlife Area just north of Grantsburg\, WI\, and will end up on the Namekagon Barrens in far northeast Burnett County. This area in Wisconsin is very sandy\, lightly populated\, and with square miles of county land to explore. And there is a fine component of the spring butterflies to see. The dry plant communities here feature lots of lupines\, blueberries\, bearberries\, jack pines\, and New Jersey tea. All of these (and other) native plant species are the specific host plants for the larvae of various species of butterflies. A beautiful bog with cotton grass and wild cranberries will also be explored to look for its unique butterfly fauna. \nWhat butterfly species might be seen? Four species of “blues\,” four species of elfins\, five species of dusky winged skippers\, and the Olympia Marble are very likely\, and a host of others butterflies are strong possibilities. Several of these species are in flight only in mid-May to early June\, and if one doesn’t see them then\, one won’t see them for the rest of the year. The best viewing year was 2012\, when 18 butterfliers saw a total of 31 species. 2017 was\, well\, a dismal failure; spits of snow at 9 AM kept butterfly numbers seen to zero. That’s butterflying in May up here on the tundra. But we still had fun! \nWe will start at the Crex Meadows Visitors’ Center at 9 AM and end up somewhere on Gomuluk Fire Lane on the Namekagon Barrens about 4 PM. Most of the viewing is within 100’ or less of the road\, so don’t let any mobility issues keep you from joining us. \nField trips are open to MNNPS members only and pre-registration is required. You MUST let me know if you will be coming—I will have to limit the group to 18 participants. Contact Dean Hansen at hanse112@umn.edu or 651-439-8770.
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/spring-butterfly-trek/
LOCATION:Crex Meadows\, 102 East Crex Avenue\, Grantsburg\, WI\, 54840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field trips
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SUMMARY:Spring Plants and Observations of Change on the Sandplain
DESCRIPTION:Where:       Bethel\, Minnesota (northern Anoka County)\nWhen:        Saturday May 25th\, 2019 (9 AM to Noon\, with picnic lunch after)   \nLeaders:     Barb Delaney\, Botanist and Plant Ecologist \nBarb Delaney will lead MNNPS members on a morning hike into Helen Allison Savanna\, one of the more unique plant communities of the Anoka Sandplain. If you have never seen an oak savanna\, this is your chance. See large\, open-grown bur oaks with a suite of prairie plant species understory. Helen Allison Savanna was named for Helen Allison Irvine\, “Minnesota’s grass lady\,” who wrote a text on the 180 grasses of Minnesota. This SNA lies within the Anoka sand plain\, providing an excellent example of sand dune plant succession\, with blowouts and dunes in various stages of stabilization by pioneer species. \nCommunity types found on the site include oak sand savanna\, dry prairie with bur oak and pin oak\, thickets of willow and aspen\, and sedge marshes in scattered depressions. Trees and shrubs characteristic of a savanna are found here: pin oak\, bur oak\, American hazelnut\, chokecherry\, and quaking aspen. Other savanna species include lead plant\, smooth sumac\, slender willow\, steeple bush\, aster\, and goldenrod. Look on the dunes for pioneer sand plants such as sea-beach needle grass and hairy panic grass. Sedge meadows contain tussocks of Hayden’s sedge\, along with marsh fern and blue-joint grass. Other rare plant species occurring here include rhombic-petaled evening primrose and tall nut-rush. \nIn case of severe weather\, we will wait for it to pass and shift the trip time accordingly. In the unlikely event that we must cancel\, we will email you. \nField trips are open to MNNPS members only and pre-registration is required. Send an email to Ken Arndt at ken.arndt@mnrinc.us to register.
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/spring-plants-and-observations-of-change-on-the-sandplain/
LOCATION:Helen Allison SNA\, 22795 County Rd 15\, East Bethel\, MN\, 55011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field trips
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